3l8 Occiisioiuil /'(//rr.v lu'niici' /'. Bisliof^ Miiscidii 



surface dcplanali.', llic vcnlro-inU-rnal margin very minutely and sliL|,iilly 

 irregularly, microscopically serrulate from base to near apex. 



MEASUREMKNT (iN MIIJJMETERS) 



Length of Length of Width of Length of Length of 

 body* pronotum pronotum tegmen forceps 



s 



Kainiuki, Oalni 5 .82 .88 1.35 1.65 



Kaimuki, Oahu 4.8 .85 .92 1.36 2.05 



9 



Kaimuki, Oahu 4.3 .75 .82 1.12 1.22 



Kaimuki, Oahu 4-4.8 .75-.94 •75--95 1.15-1-36 1.36-1.41 



Waikiki, Oahu 5 .88 .95 1.43 1.36 



* As is customary, the length given is exclusive of forceps. 



Head, pronotum, tegmina and exposed portions of wings blackish 

 mummy-brown, hairy covering nearly as dark. Li one paler specimen, 

 paler and tinged with tawny, the cephalic portion of the pronotum tawny. 

 Abdomen russet, deepening to mummy-brown proximo-laterad. Pygidium 

 and forceps tawny. Antennae, limbs and luiderparts buckthorn-brown, the 

 ventral surface of the abdomen showing a tawny tinge. In examples of 

 recessive coloration the limbs are somewhat paler. 



In addition to the described pair, a series of one male and 

 five females from Kaimuki, Oahu. are before the writer. These 

 were taken by O. H. Swezey and P. H. Timberlake, February 

 17 to December 18, 1914 to 1921, caught "at light," "in house," 

 and "in a box of apples." Another female was taken at Waikiki, 

 Oahu, by O. H. Swezey. at light. 



Labia curvicauda (Motschulsky) 



1863. PorficcUsa curvicauda [Motschulsky, Bull. Soc. Nat. 

 Moscou. XXXVI, pt. II. p. 2. PI. II. fig. I. [Nura-Ellia 

 mountains, Ceylon.] 



Kaimuki, Oahu, \\ 191 5. ( O. H. Swezey, i ^ , [H. S. P. A.]. 

 This minute species is known to be widely distributed through 

 the tropical and subtropical regions of the earth. 



Labia dubronyi new species. (Plate xxvi, 5 to 7.) 



1882. L[abia^ pyi:^idiata lUirmans, (not of Dubrony, 1879, 

 Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Xat. Genova. X\I1I. \). 340. [Oahu, 

 Hawaii.] 



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